MH-53e, HC-4 Sigonella - Italeri 1/72

[Ziper_it]

Thank you Joe

 

[eddiesolo]

Wow, Francesco, you you must have macro-eyes for that level of detail in 1/72. The scratch work is awesome, the fading/salting looks spot on to me.

Just amazing.

Si

 

[Ziper_it]

Let me say thank you with a small update.

The main rotor is now complete (just few scratches to be fixed and a couples of tubes to reglue).

I moved my attention to the tail rotor, especially in the pitch system which not reproduced in the kit. To represent it I used the pitch levers from Eduard PE bending them a little and shortening the links, then I scratched the shaft (missing) and protection for the levers (totally wrong).

The result you can see below together with the real one.

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Francesco

 

[Wong Ryan]

Top notch. The interior looks like the real thing !!!

And to top it off, this is 1/72 scale !! Great work.

 

[flyjoe180]

More enhancement, looking good Francesco. All this attention to detail is going to pay off for sure.

 

[Ian M]

You must have very good eyes, Francesco. Really good work the level of detail is amazing.

Ian M

 

[Ziper_it]

Thank you mates.

I'm closing the fuselage today, I need to speed up as it's already three months since I started it (with the Sherman in between).

Not so good Ian, not so good.

Francesco

 

[Ziper_it]

Happy Sunday mates.

Just to let you know I'm alive and modeling.

Current status:

• fuselage closed

• added third arm to the swash plate (missing in the kit!)

• moved handrail on the roof (straight in the kit, but with the front shifted to the right in reality)

• modified APU air intake (front too thick, back closed in the kit)

• modified air intake over turbine 3 (too rounded in the kit)

• modified support for the bottom cranes (should be attached on center line and closed when not in use)

• added some PE

• added skid training arm to the cabin roof

• shortened main rotor shaft (too tall in the kit)

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Mistakes/forgotten:

• Opened the fuselage under the grilles (now you can see side to side through them)

• Not opened the fuselage under the APU grilles (at least you can't see through, see above)

• glued sponsons before closing the fuselage. to get a good fit I inadvertently deformed the bottom middle of the fuselage forcing me to use a lot of putty to properly close the fuselage (and losing rivets)

Next steps:

• cockpit and windshield assembly

• fuselage final assembly (antennas, pitots, etc.)

• final primer

Thank you for reading and hope you like it

Francesco

 

[Ian M]

Looking great Francesco.

As for the vast amounts of putty. I think you might be exaggerating just a bit.

Cheers.

Ian M

 

[Ziper_it]

Thanks Ian

 

[Ziper_it]

Exagerating? Maybe ...

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[Ian M]

Nåh! ALL that. Trust me I have seen much worse. LOL

Still if its got to fit, there are often no other options.

Ciao

Ian M

 

[flyjoe180]

Looks good Francesco, looking forward to seeing this painted

 

[Lee W]

Your chopper's looking amazing...:eek::oops:, I mean your helo is looking brilliant! :D

:P

Lee

 

[Caledonia]

Looking great Francesco, an amazing amount of detail on so small as scale, well done. Cheers Derek

 

[monica]

great work Francesco,superb, and the attention to detail is fantastic

 

[papa 695]

Just caught up on this one again Francesco some stirling work there mate and in 1/72 I feel so inferior keep it up

 

[Ziper_it]

Thank you for stopping by and writing.

Cockpit completed (lower part). Unfortunately I sprayed some primer over the cockpit floor, even if not visible I will try to recover.

Landing gear complete.

Tomorrow some pictures.

Francesco

 

[Ziper_it]

Almost as promised here are the pictures. I'm saying almost as the pictures where taken yesterday before recovering the cockpit overspray I think I will just lighten the seat cushions and that's it.

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In the meanwhile I started to paint the windshield interior.

Bye for now,

Francesco

 

[flyjoe180]

Amazing work Francesco, only a little error and easily rectified. Lucky it wasn't on clear parts. The cockpit looks great, as do the wheels with the extra bits.